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Wednesday, 23 December 2015

Only 2 sleeps to go!
I am really excited to do things a little differently this year as we are spending Christmas Day at ours with some lovely friends and our main meal will be curry :-)
We will then be catching up with our families over the weekend.

I still have some preparations to do, so today is going to be a busy one getting the last bits of food and presents...and a new shower head since the one in the bathroom rather inconveniently broke :-(

While I hit the shops (but try not to hit any shoppers getting in my way!) I shall leave you with the new Creative Inspirations challenge and this week we have the theme...

ANYTHING GOES(+/- the option of a sketch)

You can use any of the previous sketches from the sketch page or this new one;

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

I'm going to have to start with another one of 'those' apologies for not visiting my lovely blogging friends over the past week.
I have been concentrating on another big piece of coursework, our internet at home seems to be on snail's pace, I still have loads of Christmas cards to make and I haven't even had time to put my decorations up yet :-(

However, I did at least manage to create something for the new challenge at Creative Inspirations and this week we have the theme...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Our sponsor this week is none other than our lovely Creative Inspirations boss, Natalie, with a fabulous mystery prize!

Last week I showed you a gift bag I had made and teased you with talk of the matching gift to go in it!
So here it is...a decorated MDF bauble.

I chose just white flowers for the decoration and tried out some new beaded stamens with them. They come in little bunches but I pulled one apart and popped individual stamens in where I wanted them.

I love the mix of fonts on this sentiment and think it suits the shabby chic style of the decoration perfectly.

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Even though I am on my career break, I wouldn't dream of missing the annual work Christmas lunch at Pizza Hut which is happening today!
We always have the all-you-can-eat buffet so how many slices of pizza do you reckon I can eat?!
And how much exercise will I need to do to work it all off?!

While I'm off stuffing my face, it's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

WRAP IT UP

I have made a gift bag, which is designed to match a handmade present...but you'll have to wait until next week to see that!

As usual I couldn't resist the gorgeous Christmas papers from Maja Design; there are some lovely reds in the collection too but I have used just the brown and blue ones here.

The bauble die was a freebie with a card magazine and the border was a little something that fell in my basket a few months ago but hadn't yet been used!

Monday, 7 December 2015

It's December! I have no decorations up, a grand total of 18 Christmas cards made and 2 presents bought - eek!
Ok, that last one is not really a problem as this year we decided not to do Christmas presents other than a small token gift if desired and that could be handmade.

Today, I am sharing one of the few Christmas cards that I have made and I have used lots of lovely LOTV products.

I recently got some larger size circle dies and knew they would pair well with my favourite fancy shaped base.

I think this little cutie is now discontinued...so sad as she is beautiful and really lovely to colour...I do love rich red against Kraft.

I kept the flower detail sweet and simple to complement the design. I had a little restock of 'essentials' from Wild Orchid Crafts last week and popped a few new items in my basket too...the teeny little white flowers on here are my new favourites :-)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Time for Tea Designs with a prize of 5 digis of the winner's choice

I have done my usual thing of using the sketch but tweaking it a little...so my embellishment cluster grew a little bit and also migrated over to the opposite corner!

The papers I chose are such soft pastels that I wanted to keep my colouring a little paler than normal, which I find quite tricky with Copics. So, I just did one layer of each colour rather than my usual two layers and I think it does look a little softer.

I always find myself reaching for my little letter stamps when I want to personalise cards...although in this case 'Felicity' is entirely fictional and can be replaced with any other name as and when I need to!

About Me

Hello and welcome to my blog!
I live in Gloucestershire with my lovely husband and work 4 days a week as a hospital pharmacist. When I'm not working I can usually be found in my craft room or in the garden.
I hope you enjoy seeing my creations :-)